In sport, officially the best footballer in the world Christiano Ronaldo wins fifas best male player award for the second year running beating messi and neymar. And we meet the man who wants to become the first person to walk across the antarctic alone and unaided. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today for many of us, its going to be a fairly cloudy day. There is rain or drizzle in the forecast, but there are bright spells and ill tell you where in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Hospitals in england could carry out 280,000 extra operations a yearjust by making better use of operating theatres. Analysis by the watchdog nhs improvement, due out later this week, suggests that more than two hours a day on average are lost because of late starts and other delays. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Waiting lists for routine operations are growing and theres a continuing debate over whether more money is needed for the nhs or whether it could be more efficient. Now
Becoming a small person and feeling quite terrified about what my future is. In his latest film, breathe, Andrew Garfield plays robin cavendish, who became tethered to a breathing machine in order to stay alive after contracting polio in the 19505 aged just 28. With the love and support of his wife diana, played by claire foy, robin broke free and changed not only his life, but that of disabled people around the world forever. We will be speaking to diana, and her and robins sonjonathan, who is the producer of this moving true story. I dont want to go on living here. What are we waiting for . Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also, as hundreds of teachers, support staff and parents join a mass lobby of parliament today, in a bid to persuade the government to give schools more funding, we talk to parents who say they are feeling the pinch. And wed love to hear what youve got to say have you been asked to pay for something that used to be covered by your k
Of sexual harassment. The allegations come as prosecutors in new york begin investigating the company co founded by the disgraced Film Producer to see if civil rights have been breached. Police in england and wales have been accused of letting down victims of modern slavery at every stage, in a scathing report by the inspectorate of constabulary. The reporting of crimes such as cyberbullying and online harrassment have increased by 85 in the last two years, according to figures obtained by the bbc. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The European Council president donald tusk has said the eu will be that the uk could still abandon the Brexit Process, as he warned there would be a defeat unless there was absolute unity. He said that the outcome of the negotiations was largely up to the uk and the eu must not be divided at any costs. We are facing the toughest stress tests. If we fail, the negotiations will end in our defeat. We must keep the eu together. The eu will be able to r
Spain's Real Madrid defeats Premier League giants Liverpool to win the Champions League for a 14th time, after the match is delayed for 37 minutes, with fans being tear-gassed outside the Stade de France.